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Letters to the Editor

Finding common ground in the abortion debate

No issue divides Americans as abortion does. Both sides are so passionate that it is the only issue that guides their vote-even though there are other pro-life issues. Other divisive social issues, such as school busing (Brown v. Board of Education) and interracial marriage (Loving v. Virginia) ...

Hear the other cries for help

Why are so many Americans outraged about the illegal immigration on the Mexican border? Why are they so concerned about saving the children and the effect it will have on the United States? Is it because we see all of them on TV, and it is heartbreaking? But wait. We have an even more ...

Evangelicals on wrong side in treatment of immigrants

Do the Republican Party and evangelicals support child abuse and neglect? In the past prior to Trump, this would have been a crazy question with a clear answer of no. In the Trump White House and Republican Senate and for a large majority of evangelicals, the answer now is yes, in my opinion. ...

The US can do better treating migrant children

The same administration that claims to protect the life of the unborn asserted through attorney Sarah Fabian to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that the government has no obligation to provide toothbrushes, soap and hygiene products for children under terms of the Flores Settlement, which ...

Memories of climbing the school flagpole

Many years back, when I was a kid about 8 or maybe 9, there was a very, very tall flag pole in the school yard. One sunny and hot Saturday, I decided to climb to the top, just because it was there — not a good idea. There was no rope or flag on the pole, so all the better, I thought. I ...

US not main offender behind climate change

The world is going to end in 12 years, unless we do something about global warming. The problem is that an ignorant statement by a millennial does not make it so. Scientific evidence proves that at the advent of humans on the planet, Earth was 15 degrees warmer than it is now. Yet many ...